Attaching means for wall fixtures and the like



I Sept], 1936. 'L. SHARPE 2,052,805

ATTACHING MEANS FOR WALL FIXTURES AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 25, 1 935 Louis S/zai oe INVENTOR.

H15 ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 1, 1936 unites sTArss smear OFFICE ATTACHING MEANS FOR WALL FIXTURES AND THE LIKE S. Shapiro Application November 25,1935, serial No. 51,425

2 Claims.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in attaching means for wall fixtures and the like, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly efiicient in use and economical in manufacture.

Among the several objects of this invention is to provide a fixture in which the means of attachment between a wall and the fixture is concealed from view.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a fixture having means for concealing the attaching means between the fixture and the wall, and which concealing means is of a simple structure easily and readily capable of being applied in its respective position with respect to the fixture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the fixture embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail View ofthe same taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a wall plate embodied in the invention; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the attaching arm embodied in the invention.

Heretofore in the art of attaching fixtures, such as bathroom fixtures or the like, to a wall or other stationary object, it was the practice and custom of providing in the wall plate of the fixture perforations, and then projecting through these perforations the attaching screws or bolts. After the fixture was properly attached to the wall or other stationary object, the heads of these attaching screws or bolts were visible and oftentimes disrupted the symmetric design of the fixture.

The present invention as heretofore stated is concerned with a fixture in which the attaching means for eifectuating attachment between the fixture and the wall is concealed from view.

In accomplishing these and other obvious objects of the invention, the fixture illustrated in the drawing comprises a supporting arm l9, which in the present instance is designed to support a drinking glass or the like. This arm I may be in the form of a hook for the purpose of supporting a towel or other bathroom or kitchen linen, or it may be in any form or design capable of supporting articles of various description, such as are suspended in the kitchen or bathroom of a home.

I, therefore, do not wish to be limited and do not predicate my invention upon the particular design, shape or formation of the arm H3.

This arm l6 preferably is provided with a neck portion H, to the rear of which is an upstanding lug I2 intended and designed to be flatly disposed against the wall l3 or other stationary object. Between the neck H and the lug l2 there is provided a recess I l, and communicating with this recess 54 is a perforation l formed in the neck H.

The lug I2 is provided with perforations l6, and projected through these perforations are the attaching elements ll which at the present time are in the form of fiat-headed screws; the design and shape of these attaching elements may vary according to the requirement.

The wall plate is indicated at l8, and this wall plate l8 may be of any approved design or styie, having formed in the back portion thereof a recess l 9 communicating with a notch terminating in a transversely extending groove 2| at the bottom portion of the plate. Formed in the wall 22 of the plate I8 is a tapped opening 23 adapted to receive a connecting screw 24, as shown in Fig. 2.

The recess 59 of the plate I8 is adapted to receive the upstanding lug l2 when the shank portion 25 of the neck II is received in the transversely extending groove 2! with the adjacent portion of the upstanding lug confined in the notch 20, thereby permitting the plate l 8 to be flatly disposed against the wall I3 in position to conceal the upstanding lug l2 and its attaching elements 16.

The plate l8 and fixture arm I0 may be plated or otherwise decorated to increase the aesthetic appeal to the eye of the observer.

The fixture when completed presents an unbroken design, and this in one instance is the result of the plate l9 concealing the means of attaching the fixture to the wall.

The transversely extending groove 2| serves to properly locate the plate I8 with respect to the neck ll, so that the plate l8 will be properly centered with respect to the fixture arm II. It also provides the means of receiving the shank 25 whereby connection is effectuated between the plate l9 and the fixture arm l0.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into eifect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is: I

1. A fixture comprising a wall plate having a recess formed therein and a notch communicating with the recess, a member adapted to support an article and including a shank portion providing a reduced portion engageable in the notch of said plate for locating the plate with reference to said member and having a lug adapted to bear against and be attached to a wall,

means providing attachment between the wall and the lug, said lug being confined in the recess and concealed by the plate, and means providing connection between the wall plate and the re-' duced portion of the shank.

2. In a fixture a wall plate having a recess formed therein and a notch communicating with the recess, a member adapted to support an article and including a shank, a portion of which is adapted to be confined in the notch for locating the'wall' plate with respect to the said memher, said shank providing an attaching lug for attaching the said member to a wall, and means for attaching said lug to said wall, said lug being confined in the recess and concealed by the plate. 15

LOUIS SHARPE. 

